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CARSTAIRS - Crocheters from across Canada have banded together to work on a project to help those affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The Facebook group for Canadian crocheters was started by Tammy Bergeron of Carstairs.

Mountain View County was officially recognized as the Olds College Partner of the Year 2018 during a ceremony at the school's Alumni Centre on April 13. County reeve Bruce Beattie accepted congratulations from college president Stuart Cullum.

About 30 people attended the recent rural crime watch association zone meeting in Mountain View County chambers, discussing projects and plans aimed at protecting property owners from theft and other concerns.

DIDSBURY - People from across Canada are finding a number of ways to honour the Humboldt Broncos players, staff and families after the tragic bus accident that claimed 16 lives on April 6.

DIDSBURY - Didsbury RCMP have laid charges against a pair of underaged offenders allegedly involved in a recent incident involving a stolen truck that rammed a police car.

After consultations with various stakeholders, Chinook’s Edge School Division has decided not to introduce anti-overdose naloxone kits into its facilities, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has defeated the proposed re-designation of a property in the Reed Ranch community southeast of Olds from agricultural district to residential farmstead district.

A proposal to re-designate a 12-acre parcel in the Netook neighbourhood outside Olds from agricultural district to aggregate extraction/processing district has received first reading and a public hearing date has been set.

Olds Grizzlys president Darcy Dallas says Friday's horrific accident in which 15 people riding a Humboldt Broncos bus were killed and 14 were injured hits close to home, because he knew the coach, Darcy Haugan , who was among those deceased.

Olds Grizzlys interim head coach Joe Murphy has been on the phone with players, offering them support and a chance to air their feelings in the wake of Friday's tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash which claimed the lives of 15 people and injured 14.